Toy wagon.



No; 642,526. Patented 1an. so, |900,

H. T. KINGSBURY.

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(Application led Octf- 10, 1899.)

(Nu Model.)

By l E A ATTUHNEY Nr'rs STATES PATENT TOY WAGON.:

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 642,526, dated January 30, 1900.

Application filed October l0, 1899. Serial No. 733.173. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY THAYER KINGS- BURY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Keene, in the county of Cheshire, State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Wagons, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to toy vehicles of the express-wagon type or those having a high footboard and seat.

.The objects of the invention are to cheapen the cost of manufacture and to strengthen the vehicle by forming its bottom and front end of a single piece of sheet metal firmly interlocking with the cast-metal sides. These objects I accomplish by the mechanism shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a toy wagon with my improvements applied. Fig. 2 is a similar view of one of the sides detached, and Fig. 3 is a perspective of the sheet-metal bottom.

A A represent the cast-metal sides, having integral depending rear-axle bearings A', in which the rear aXle C is mounted and provided with the larger wheels C. These sides A A are curved in the direction of their length and are formed to represent longitudinal side rails and vertical standards.

B represents the sheet-metal bottom,having notches or recesses b, which receive the standards A and allow the sheet-metal bottom to underlie the cast-metal sides. Immediately below these notched portions Z) the axle-standards A are formed with inwardly-projecting lugs a, upon which the sheet-metal bottom rests and upon which the bottom is sprung down or forced down, so that its rear end springs up against the rear ends of the sides to firmly hold the parts in position.

B is the front, formed integrally with the bottom B and extending upwardly beyond the height of the sides A A. This front B is provided with upper and lower side apertures b', through which project the front ends of the cast-metal sides. The front B is further provided with parallel notches b2 in its upper edge, into which project the webs d on the under side of the cast-metal seat D.

sion c7. and front B between the webs d (Zand p slots b2 b2. This rivet d3 holds the seat from being removed, while the webs d and notches or slots b2 prevent any rocking movement of the seat should the rivet become loose. The webs d, moreover, strengthen the seat in its angle. The forward end of the body is supported, as usual,upon the wheeled thill-frame F. This combined seat and foot-rest may be applied to other styles of toy vehicles than the one shown in the drawings.

I do not claim in this application, broadly, a toy-vehicle body formed of cast-metal sides, a sheet-metal bottom, and interlocking devices, as the same forms the subject-matter of an application led of even dateherewith.

In some instances I propose to form the seat D and the footboard d2 integral with the front B' by punching the footboard out of the body of the front B and forming the seat D integral with the upper edge of said front B.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A toy vehicle having its body formed of a sheet-metal bottom bent upwardly atits forward end to form the front of the body and provided in such upturned portion with apertures, said body being further provided in opposite sides of its rear portion with notches and the sides provided with rear; axle bearings extending through said notches, and provided therebelow with inwardly-projecting lugs engaging the bottom, and the forward ends of the sides projecting through said apertured front; substantially as described. l l

2. The combination with the two sides having depending axle-bearings, of a sheet-metal bottom underlying the lower edges of the sides, said sides being each provided with a projection engaged by the sheet-metal bottom and by which said bottom is deiiected from its normal plane and caused to spring upward against the lower edges of the sides to hold the parts in position, and having also projections at the front, the said bottom hav- IOO ing an Up'ti'irned front end and hai/ing apertures through which said front projections of the sides extend; substantially as described.

3. A toy vehicle having its body formed of cast-metal sides a sheet-metal bottom interlocked therewith and formed with an integral front extension having notches or recesses in its upper edge and a seat secured to said front and providedl on its under side with Webs entering said notches; substantially as described.

4f. In a. toy Vehicle, seat D, provided with a depending extension cl terminating in a foot-rest d2 and webs d connecting the lower side of the seat with said extension d; sub- I5 stantieily as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HARRY THAYER KINGSBURY. Witnesses:

WALLACE L. MASON, C. L. STURTEVANT. 

